Bag holder



B. F. MILLER.

BAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22. I921 Patented July 25, 1922 V SWW 'L, Benjamin F Mi/Iar entree star es earner @MEIQE.

BENJAMIN r. MILLER, OFVIENNA, VIRGINIA.

BAG HOLDER.

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Application filed June 22,

' Thisinvention relates to bag holders and has for one of its objects the provision of a a bag holder whichwill support a bag for fillingthe same and may be manuallyremoved from supporting relation thereto without the necessity of lifting the weight 1 of the bag. r c

Another object of my'invention is to provide a bag holder which is adjustable for. holding the mouth of the bag open in a that the' variety of inclined positions so bag may be readily'filled from a distance as by a shovel, and may be advantageously displayed.

A further object of the invention is to provide a bag holder which may be collapsed when not in use for convenience in shipping and in storage.

For the attainment of these endsand the accomplishment of other new and useful objects, as willappear, the invention consists in the features of novelty inthe construction, combination and arrangement of the several parts generally shown in the accompanying drawings and described. in the specification, but more particularly pointed out in the appended claims. I I

Figure 1 is a perspective view of. my improved bag holder.

Figure 2 is a front view in perspective showing the bagholder in collapsed position.

Figure 3 is a view of the bag holder with j the arms depressed.

Figure 4: is a view of removing the bag. bag. As shown in the drawings the bag holder comprises a rigid back piece 1 inclined slightly to the vertical when in operative position which is constructed, in the interest of lightness, of slats 2 secured together at the top and bottom bythe cross pieces 3 and e respectively and braced by the diagonal strip 5. 1'

Pivotally secured to the backpiece 1 exteriorly at both sides and slightly above the middle thereof are the legs 6. These are spaced apart by blocks 7 a sufiicient disshowing the method holder froma filled Specification of Letters Patent.

also that its contents knocked over Patented ul'y 25, 1921. Serial 30.479556. 7

'tance to allow for theswing of the arms 8 when the bag holder. is collapsed as best shown in Figure 2. The bolts 9 which pass through the leg, 6, block 7 and the end slats 1 afford pivotal connections for vary ing the angle between the back portion 7 and the legs to allow for inclination of the arms 8 and to permit the bag holder to be folded.

Pivotally secured at the upper-end of the back piece onopposite sides thereof. by

9 are the arms 8 which'form piece 3 athreesided means of bolts with the upper cross open frame for supporting the mouth of the bag in opened position.

To this end said armsand upper cross piece are provided with pointed projectionsv 14 adapted to be hooked into the'fabric of which the bag is made.

The arms 8 carry at their outer ends bolts 11 which are -movable longitudinally of 13 cut in the upper portions of said legs through which said bolts are adapted to pass. Cooperating withsaid bolts are thumb nuts 12 acting against washers 15 by means ofiwhichthe cross pieces may be depressed into any position'of adthe legs 6 inslots justment relative to saidslots and clamped to said legs by tightening the thumb fixedly nuts 12 as best shown in Figure 3.

When in collapsed position the arms 8 are accommodated in the channel between the legs 6 and the end slats 2 which is maintained by the blocks? lying between said legs and end slats. p The operation of the device is simple. The bag is secured by its upper peripheral portions within the open sided frame formed by the arms 8 and the cross piece 3. As the bag is filled the weight of its contents will be borne by thefloor or'other support 'on which .the bag'holder rests, the slight inclination of the back part 1 giving stability, to the bagso that it will not be by .theimpact of the material with which it is filled. But thisiinclination is so slight that the center of mass of the bag is always without the base of support of the. bag holder, so that the bag isXaltogether "self supporting none of its weight being borne by the bag holder.

It is not necessary that the bag holder to time to draw taut the sides of the bag and settle the contents within the same.

lVhen the bag is filled the bag holder is removed by catching hold of it at the place shown in Figure l and tilting it slightly. The center of mass of the contents of the bag being outside of the base of support, this tilting movement will have no effect whatever, of raising said center ofmass but will merely stretch the unfilled peripheral edge of the bag to a slight extent say from one quarter to ahalf inch permitting the back portion 1 to swing from a position slightly to the right of the dotted line in Figure l to a position slightly tothe left of the'same, after which the bag holder may be freely tilted and removed leaving the bag entirely unsupported. In this way it is possible to withdraw the bag holder without lifting the weight of the bag.

Should it be desired to depress the front of the mouth of the bag in order to fill it from a shovel or to throw articles-into it from a distance it is only necessary to loosen the thumb nuts 12 and depress the arms 8 to the desired extent. By then tightening the nuts the arms 8 are held in the new position. For collapsing the bag holder, the thumb nuts are loosened, the legs are broughtinto alignment with the back portion 1, the arms 8 being depressed into the position shown in Figure 2 in which they occupy the space between the legs 6- and the end slats of the back portion.

It will be obvious that I haveinvented a simple and inexpensive device which has the advantage over other devices of like nature in that bags can be filled without the fatigue of lifting them and which has the added utilities that it can be adjusted to be conveniently filled from a distance or to display its contents and that when not in use it may be stored into a small space or inexpensively shipped. I

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let-- ters Patent, is

1. In a bag holder, a frame comprising an inclined back piece, a pair of secured tosaid back piece and forming with the lower edge of said back piece a base of support for said bag holder, means secured to said back piece extending above the plane of said back piece for holding the mouth of a bag in opened position, said legs being constructed to support the'back piece at an angle to the vertical of sufficient acuteness that the center of mass of a bag held thereby will be without the said bag holder.

2. In a bag holder, a frame comprising an inclined back piece, a pair of legs pivotbase of support of edge of said back allysecured to said back piece intermediate the ends thereof and forming with the lower piece a base of support for said bag holder, the upper ends of said legs extending forwardly of said back piece, arms pivotally secured to said back piece and cooperating with the forward ends of said legs to hold said legs in fixed position, said arms and the top edge of said back piece forming a frame for holding the mouth of a bag in open position, said legs being constructed to support the back piece at an angle to the vertical of sufficient acuteness'that the center of mass of a bag held thereby will be without the base of support of said bag holder. i

3. In a bag holder, a frame comprising an inclined back piece, a pair of legs pivotally secured to said back piece intermediate the ends thereof and forming with the lower edge of said back piece a base of support for said bag holder, the upper ends of said legs extending forwardly of said back. piece and being longitudinally slotted, arms pivotally secured to said back piece, means carried by said arms and cooperating with the slot-ted portions of said legs to hold said legs in fixed position, said arms and the top edge of said back piece forming a frame for holding the mouth of the bag in open position. said legs being constructed to support the back piece at an angle to the vertical of sufficient acuteness that the center of mass of a bag held thereby will be without the base of support of said bag holder.

4. A collapsible bag holder, comprising a back piece, legs pivotally connected thereto intermediate the ends thereof and inter secting the plane of said back piece when the bag holder is in opened position, the lower portions of said legs extending backwardly forming with the lower edge of the back piece a base of support for said bag holder, the upper ends extending forwardly of said back piece, arms pivotally secured to the upper ends of said back piece and to the upper ends of said legs, cooperating means on said arms and legs for securing said arms and legs in positions of adjustment, said legs being constructed. to support the back piece at an angle to the vertical of sullic ient acutcness that the center of mass of a bag held thereby will be without the base of support of said bag holder.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BENJAMIN F. MILLER. lVitnesses:

ALF. MICKELSON, JNo. V\ RUST. 

